Mutable Realms Delays Wish Beta 2.0 Until December; Game Slides to Second Quarter 2005

Mutable Realms Delays Wish Beta
2.0 Until December; Game Slides to Second Quarter 2005

Developers say closed beta 1.5
will be delayed until November

According to a letter sent to the closed beta
testers, Wish – the massively multiplayer online title from Mutable Realms –
will delay both the launch of beta 1.5 and 2.0.

The letter stated: "We would like to inform
you that Wish Beta 2.0 will start on December 1, 2004, and not, as originally
planned, in fall 2004. The beta test will last until December 31, 2004. We
apologize for the delay.

"The reason for the delay is that we want
Beta 2.0 to be a truly mind-blowing experience. We are therefore reworking many
parts of our game client, server, and content, based on the feedback that we
received from our E3 version and from community message boards. These changes
will take longer to finish than anticipated, but we are sure they will be worth
the wait!

"We are also moving the release date of Wish
from the first to the second quarter of 2005. Too many games have suffered from
a premature release, and we do not want to be one of them."

The closed beta test, 1.5, will also be
delayed according to a post on the game’s forums. While version 2.0 has a
definite date, the date for the 1.5 test has just been listed as November.